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University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
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Friday, April 3, 1981 Vol. 91, No. 125 USPS 650-640
Eyes half closed in concentration, cellist Matsius Rostropovich warm up his dressing room before his performance in Hoch Auditorium last night. The world famous cellist performed before a crowd of more than 2,500, playing the same program of music he will present at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Music best part of living for Rostropovich
By KATHRYN KASE Staff Reporter
At 7:20 last night, Matislav Rostropovich, resplendent in a black tuxedo with tails, squatted behind the podium on the Hoch Auditorium stage.
In 40 minutes he would give his second performance in seven years at the University of Kansas.
"Possible change, possible change," he said in Russian-flavored English to Francis Czupor, Hoch's stage manager. "I need this, this border here."
He indicated he needed a border behind his chair to keep him from falling off the podium. "But I will build myself," he said. "Give me a hammer, give all the time."
Cauper had installed the border, but it was rotopovpach and his cells who captivated the women.
At 8:20, the maestro played the opening strains of Brahms' Sonata in E Minor, opus 38, and four nails held the new border in place.
"Cello, for me, that's kind of like a human voice," he had said earlier. "And after 40 years, I believe that it's not only like a human voice, but my voice."
MORE THAN HIS perception of his instrument has changed since Rostropovich
"After 40 years, you know, that instrument so near to my heart now," he said, gesturing when English could not convey his thoughts. "And so my finger, my technique, not have any borders, any barriers between me and my instrument."
His instrument is a 270 year-old Stradivarius. But when he debuted in the United States 25 years ago, Rostovropovich played Lorenzo Storioni, a student of Stradivarius.
The past 25 years have wrought more than a change in cellos. They have wrought a change that will continue.
"Twenty-five years ago, cello was a little bit like a giraffe in the zoo," he said, chuckling at the comparison. "But now, it's more familiar at all. Now is more familiar, more normal."
And the audience at Hoch last night night confronted the opinion, receiving Rostropovich and his cellulose.
ALTHOUGH THE AUDIENCE knew that not clapping between movements was good concert manners, it broke into spontaneous dance. In Shostakovich's Sonata in D Minor, opus 40
Later, a romantic interpretation of
Earlier, Rostropovich insisted that more than just the promise of a warm reception prompted him to play one of his four 1981 albums, "I'll be here, I will be here, not normally considered a cultural center."
Alexander Scriabin's Etude inspired hand-
holding amore couches in the first balcony.
that do you mean, 'culture center,'" he asked, shrugging his shoulders and raising his arms. Culture center in each small town when they open to 10 people. That's all culture center must be.
"For me, no difference between New York and Lawrence. I try tonight to bring my best and I hope that's agreed tomorrow when I leave for New York."
TOMORROW NIGHT In New York City's
Campagne Hall, Postpopovic will play his 22nd
anniversary concert.
The cellist threw his head back and laughed when he discussed the differences between his U.S. debut in 1956 and his concert tomorrow night.
"Each of my performance in the United States was very important to me," he said. "Because in my country, in my culture, art either have success or do not have success."
The cellist was at first unable to gauge his success from U.S. media reviews, simply because reviews were few. In 1956, the top ten soloists at the Royal Conservatory Kelly's marriage to Prince Rainer of Monaco.
"After each my concerts here, I buy newspaper, after every performance, because I so nervous," he said, his voice dropping to a whisper to accentuate this nervousness. "Sometimes I not find even some small echo for my concerts because whole newspaper has marriage between Grace and Prince Rainier."
News coverage, however, has not stood in the way of a friendship between the princess and the cellist. They are so close that he gave her and the prince a small concert in Paris for an anniversary present. And two days ago, when I visited her, on his way from Nice, France.
"I play it in the United States because that was my respect for Gregor Platigorsky, who was great American cellist, who was, of course, Russian-born," he said. "He made transcription. The Etude by Scriabin was originally composed for piano."
Small concerts and visits are only one way Rostropovich remembers friends and others whom he admires. Last night, he played the song "Because it was arranged by Greer Patorkiewicz."
"Human rights just don't exist in my country," he said of the Soviet Union, which has stripped him of his citizenship. "And it still maintains his quality, your heart, your very deep soul."
FRIENDSHIP AND RESPECT run deep in Rostropovich. Once a Soviet citizen, Rostropovich professes a great commitment to human rights.
See ROSTROPOVICH page 5
Exploding bullets used in assassination attempt
By United Press International
WASHINGTON—All six bullets fired at President Reagan in Monday's assassination attempt, were likely unusual "devastator" bombs used to explode on impact, the FBI announced last night.
"The bullets that were fired Monday were known as devastator bullets and the bullet is basically a type which after impact explodes and is then momentarily "flipped," FBI spokesman Roger Young said.
As a result of the finding, the District of Columbia police officer who also was wounded in the shooting, Thomas Delahanty, went into the hospital for removal of the bullet still lodged in his neck.
Young said tests would be conducted today on the bullets, including the mangleged bullet that was removed from Reagan's left lung Monday, to see if they are of the "devastator" type.
Young declined to answer definitely whether the president's life was threatened much more than first thought, calling the prospect "frightening."
Young said it was not known whether the bullet exploded before it hit Reagan or after impact, but that it may have exploded when it ricocheted off his limousine.
As soon as a tentative conclusion that the bullets were explosive was reached yesterday afternoon, doctors at the Washington Hospital Center, where Delahanty, a 17-year veteran of the force, was hospitalized performed surgery to remove the bullet from Delahanty's neck. Documents from the hospital show that to remove the bullet form the officer's neck, but emergency surgery was underway last night.
Richard Loughrey, hospital chief executive officer, said the bullet was "potentially" explosive and could kill the police officer if detonated.
Reagan, meanwhile, showed "excellent"
progress at a hospital across town. Yesterday, he straplined up and down a corridor, wolfed down his prey.
Hospital officials confirmed that Reagan collapsed when he was brought in after being shot in the chest Monday, but said the president was never even remotely close to death.
White House Press Secretary James Brady, who was shot in the head during the assassination attempt, appeared "clearer mentally" late yesterday, and when asked how he was feeling gave the thumbs-up signal and replied "fine, fine," his doctors said.
DOCTORS REPORTED that Brady "is now performing breathing exercises on instruction" and has gained some minimal voluntary movement in the muscles of his left arm and leg.
That could be significant because the right-hand portion of Brady's brain, which controls movement in the left side of the body, was injured in the shooting.
While Brady's progress is positive, he is still in critical condition and doctors say that it may take up to a year to fully assess the permanent damage.
A fourth man injured in the attack, secret agent Ian McCarthy was described as "the most wary" person ever seen.
The man accused of the shootings, John W. Hinkleck Jr., was ordered by a federal judge yesterday to undergo further mental tests, and his attorneys determined that he was competent to stand trial.
Officials said that he was flown to a special prison in North Carolina for tests.
Hinckley, wearing a bullet-proof vest to his court appearance, waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Technically, the waiver does not allow him to attend that will not come until after the mental exams.
IF HINCKLEY is put on trial and acquitted by a jury, the defendant must prove that be committed to a mental require that be committed to a mental
No KU funds available for summer school aid
See REAGAN page 5
By KARI ELLIOTT Staff Reporter
KU's summer financial aid program is in need of some financial aid.
"No camp-based aid is available for the summer because there are not enough funds in the program to make loans," Jerry Rogers, of the student financial aid office, said yesterday.
Campus-based aid includes National Direct Student Loans and basic grants.
Rogers suggested that students who needed money take out a Guaranteed Student Loan or refinance it.
The interest on a Guaranteed Student Loan is 9 percent and does not begin to accumulate until the borrower reaches 50% of the loan.
In Lawrence, Anchor Savings Association, Ohio St. handles Guaranteed Student Loans.
Students can apply for Guaranteed Student Loans from participating banks, credit unions or other institutions.
To hold a work-study job, a student must file the Kansas Act financial statement with the financial aid office and demonstrate financial need.
Katie Studebaker of Anchor Savings said the business is now processing summer loan applications.
"As of now, everything is just like it has been," she said. "There hasn't been any cut back in loan amounts."
It takes approximately a month to process a guaranteed loan.
Unless Congress makes a change in the loan form or procedure, a student should get the loan from the appropriate lender.
Another type of financial aid available from the University is a short-term loan. Students with no credit are eligible.
"If a student needs money for fees and has a summer job to help pay back a loan, a short-term loan would work." Rogers said. the interest on a short-term loan is 6 percent if the loan is paid by its due date. If the recipient misses the deadline then the interest jumps to 14 percent. A student can borrow enough money to pay six hours of resident's fees.
To qualify for a short-term loan a student must have a 2.0 grade point average and have been at least 18 years old.
Committee offers vice chancellor list
The list of final candidates for vice chancellor for academic affairs was submitted yesterday afternoon to the KU administration, John Brushwood, search committee chairman, said.
"I can't tell you how many names of final candidates we had," Brushwood said. "The charge was to nominate three to five, and all I can tell you is that it's three to five."
KU is seeking to replace Raph Alchristoffer森,
the former vice chancellor of academic affairs
who left KU in March to become president of
Colorado State University. Jerry Hutchison, former associate
vice chancellor of academic affairs has taken
over as acting vice chancellor.
The new vice chancellor will be chosen by
April Robert P. Cobb, executive vice chancellor.
"The reason for that is that chancellor-designate Gene Budig will be here next weekend, and we'll want to touch base with him on this," Cobb said.
Previously, Budig said he wanted to talk with administrator and decision because it was not his job.
Next weekend, Budig will be introduced to the vice chancellor search. Neither he nor any other KU administrators have participated in the preliminary search, Brushwood said.
KU women athletes await possible shift to NCAA
By REBECCA CHANEY
Staff Reporter
Regulations governing eligibility, recruiting, financial aid and transfer procedures for women athletes at the University of Kansas could change drastically if the University decides to end its affiliation with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
Staff Reporter
AIAW rules traditionally have been fewer and less stringent than NCAA rules, developed for men's teams until the NCAA voted at its annual meeting in January to admit women as members.
But recruiting and financial aid opportunities are more limited in the AIAW than in the NCAA and academic eligibility is left largely to the institution.
According to KU athletic department officials, the decision of whether to remain with the AIWJ
Division I or to switch to the NCAA should be quickly forthcoming.
SUSANNE SHAW, AIAW faculty representative, said she would attend a Big Eight Conference Women's Advisory Commission April 8 in Kansas City, Mo., to discuss whether the decision would be made as a conference or by individual schools. Shaw also is chairman of the KU Athletic Corporation Board and associate dean of the School of Journalism.
Phyllis Howlett, assistant athletic director for non-revenue sports, said athletic officials had decided not to make any decisions until after the commission met. She and Shaw met with Athletic Director Bob Marcum yesterday morning to discuss KU's position.
"I expect there is going to be a lot of confusion
and how to do it this first year," Shaw said.
"We aren't going to make any decision until after the meeting next week." Howell said. "**II**"
wouldn't be fair to the rest of the conference. It would not serve our purposes either."
Howlett said a final decision would be made soon after the meeting in Kansas City.
"I would think the decision would come fairly quickly," she said. "We have to have a decision by May 1. We know that for sure. The AIAW has required that a statement of intent for participation in its national championships be submitted by then"
The NCAA WILL not require a final decision until 1985. Until then, women's teams may remain affiliated with the AIAW and still compete nationally in national championships beginning next year.
Shaw said she had sent a letter of information to Acting Chancellor Del Shankel saying early discussions on the decision probably would be necessary.
She said she had been getting mixed reactions from coaches and University officials.
"I think they want to know more about the NCAA and about what's involved so they can
measure one organization's opportunities against the other's.' Shaw said.
Among the problems to be considered in the decision, according to Howlett and Shaw, are differences in transfer rules, recruiting rules, financial aid and governance.
Howlett said a major concern would be to look what other universities around the country were doing.
'If you want to be a national contender, you want to know what the other national contenders are.'
Among criticisms that the AIAW has not served women's athletics sufficiently, some have suggested that the decision to include women's sports in the NCAA could prove fatal to them.
Christine Grant, director of women's athletics at the University of Iowa and past president of the AIAW, said after the NCAA convention in January she hoped the organization would "be as kind to us as you have over the years to major college football."
Weather
It will be mostly cloudy today with a high of 75, according to the KU Weather web site. The west at 28 to 38 mph. Tonight's low is 43 under mostly cloudy skies.
Cloudiness will be decreasing tomorrow with a high in the mid 60s.